Author Archives: Kevin Wilcox

Where has political honor gone?

I watched the recent WI state legislative action with a mixture of astonishment and disgust. Here were a bunch of Republican Senators, shoving through an anti-union agenda without so much as a by-your-leave from the voting public. Let me be … Continue reading

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Solar Efficiency to soar

Here’s something I uncovered while randomly surfing.  As you know, I track solar developments with great enthusiasm.  This is a bona-fide breakthrough for this energy source! Source: Mother Nature Network Publication date: February 9, 2011 By Karl Burkart HyperSolar magnifying … Continue reading

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Something to google

Here’s something to find out more about: What was the Carrington event of 1859? Do the research and draw your own conclusions. Don’t you wonder why you haven’t heard about it before? Now lets have a discussion…

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Here’s a car for you

Tesla  Model S Coupe. Electric powered. 0-60 in 5.6 seconds. 120mph top speed. seating for 5 adults plus 2 children. 300 miles on a charge with optional high capacity battery pack. Quick charge capability takes the battery from 10% to … Continue reading

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Here’s some ideas:

OK, its all not just doom and gloom.  There’s real out-of-the-box brainstorming going on too.  If you ask me, brainstorming is what we humans are best at.  Ultimately, our way past the climate problem may be along this path.  Sooo… … Continue reading

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Something Europeans should know

The deep freeze of 2010.  Proof that there is no global warming.  I mean, how can there be global warming when everything’s freezing across the entire European continent? That’s the conventional wisdom driving many people to conclude that the “scientific … Continue reading

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MIT Students in action

Here’s another one I uncovered today.  It’s this kind of thinking that will transform our fragile planet and benefit everybody in the process. Be sure to also check out Co.Design for more commentary on innovative design projects around the world.  … Continue reading

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To the TSA, my government and the American People

The best way I can describe my feelings about the “enhanced security measures at airports” is to simply quote one of America’s founding fathers.  Perhaps you know this one: “Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither.” -Ben Franklin … Continue reading

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I wonder what it was like…

Our Fragile Planet has faced 5 great extinctions during it’s 4.5 billion year history. First major extinction (c. 440 million years ago): Climate change (relatively severe and sudden global cooling) seems to have been at work at the first of … Continue reading

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Weather…

Take a look at this: No, not a hurricane in the traditional sense, but an intense, record setting  low pressure system that quickly formed over the Midwest United States.   In Wisconsin, on Tuesday morning October 26th at 11:35 AM, the … Continue reading

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